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DATA BRIEF: CoreLogic Analysis Shows More Than 20 Percent of US Properties at Risk of Flood Are Outside of Designated Special Flood Hazard Areas

—Florida Has the Most Properties with Flood Risk That Are Not Included in Special Flood Hazard Areas, Arizona Has the Highest Percentage —

According to new data analysis from CoreLogic®, an estimated 23 percent of residential and commercial properties in the U.S. are at High or Moderate risk of flooding, based on CoreLogic proprietary flood analysis, but are outside of designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Property owners living within SFHA zones must have flood insurance if there is a federally insured mortgage while those living outside SFHA zones are not required to have flood insurance. Many property owners choose not to carry flood insurance if it is not required even though their property may still be at risk of flood.

Nationally, more than 29 million properties (29,437,151), or 23 percent, are outside a designated SFHA despite being at High or Moderate risk of flooding, according to CoreLogic analysis. At the state level:

Florida has the highest number of properties in this category at 5,055,821, or 54 percent of total properties

Texas has 3,292,082 properties, or 31 percent, and California has 3,114,462 properties, or 29 percent

Looking at only the percentage of properties outside an SFHA, which are at High or Moderate risk, Arizona has the highest at 68 percent, followed by Florida at 54 percent and Louisiana at 49 percent

Table 1 shows the number of properties, nationally and by state, at Extreme, Very High, High and Moderate CoreLogic risk levels, as well as the total number and percentage of properties in the High and Moderate risk levels that are not designated in a SFHA.

Table 1: Properties by Risk Level and SFHA Designation*

In SFHA

Outside SFHA*

State

Total Properties Analyzed

CoreLogic Extreme Risk

CoreLogic Very High Risk

CoreLogic High Risk

CoreLogic Moderate Risk

Total High/Moderate Risk

Percentage of High/Moderate Risk

AK

238,421

852

6,424

19,180

51,824

71,004

30%

AL

2,172,387

20,618

86,351

132,307

161,640

293,947

14%

AR

1,540,384

15,114

67,056

124,909

197,005

321,914

21%

AZ

2,570,456

11,608

62,476

329,250

1,417,734

1,746,984

68%

CA

10,843,791

70,290

279,883

975,557

2,138,905

3,114,462

29%

CO

2,180,540

9,136

31,703

154,403

180,628

335,031

15%

CT

1,320,354

16,242

51,395

101,135

121,313

222,448

17%

DC

200,548

133

1,559

4,494

4,059

8,553

4%

DE

404,214

1,608

25,019

34,595

58,726

93,321

23%

FL

9,323,841

193,569

1,795,261

3,050,409

2,005,412

5,055,821

54%

GA

4,084,232

34,798

131,755

211,215

276,441

487,656

12%

HI

486,793

4,909

50,989

54,298

40,284

94,582

19%

IA

1,463,671

8,468

41,688

94,169

137,843

232,012

16%

ID

716,096

4,290

23,714

58,712

80,705

139,417

19%

IL

5,077,490

33,768

100,974

534,505

761,435

1,295,940

26%

IN

3,276,733

35,545

93,022

276,697

439,237

715,934

22%

KS

1,433,596

12,647

56,539

134,421

237,515

371,936

26%

KY

2,001,576

27,949

66,682

120,389

154,834

275,223

14%

LA

1,892,439

40,190

509,639

367,554

568,459

936,013

49%

MA

2,441,192

22,454

89,225

205,316

286,402

491,718

20%

MD

2,239,344

3,741

47,746

118,871

127,316

246,187

11%

ME

773,798

7,188

26,365

59,577

66,990

126,567

16%

MI

4,706,452

12,782

106,009

361,653

523,670

885,323

19%

MN

2,225,408

9,521

39,550

151,498

220,015

371,513

17%

MO

2,594,742

26,836

66,157

101,302

153,351

254,653

10%

MS

1,202,086

37,838

86,356

136,835

169,124

305,959

25%

MT

462,731

3,385

13,461

35,630

42,398

78,028

17%

NC

4,806,039

45,121

180,524

212,379

298,236

510,615

11%

ND

255,276

1,899

12,137

42,565

59,597

102,162

40%

NE

737,483

6,118

28,083

57,186

92,525

149,711

20%

NH

667,166

4,853

23,915

51,788

54,905

106,693

16%

NJ

3,041,599

16,340

297,858

276,778

407,036

683,814

22%

NM

744,793

3,839

44,158

136,792

137,536

274,328

37%

NV

1,059,856

1,603

33,609

110,157

202,753

312,910

30%

NY

5,730,150

30,814

210,812

439,725

510,830

950,555

17%

OH

5,637,630

37,175

128,475

362,428

508,122

870,550

15%

OK

1,473,454

11,730

37,765

120,272

170,394

290,666

20%

OR

1,587,556

16,906

51,337

122,394

134,141

256,535

16%

PA

5,354,373

38,541

123,567

228,804

286,528

515,332

10%

RI

412,903

6,497

16,230

27,027

37,693

64,720

16%

SC

2,357,149

52,564

157,305

146,916

207,342

354,258

15%

SD

323,506

2,820

10,966

29,949

37,951

67,900

21%

TN

3,154,107

25,168

61,641

124,826

172,688

297,514

9%

TX

10,465,111

127,469

534,330

1,373,439

1,918,643

3,292,082

31%

UT

972,300

1,961

10,012

78,352

125,176

203,528

21%

VA

3,250,576

23,881

98,691

286,193

266,382

552,575

17%

VT

245,025

2,375

7,107

14,758

14,490

29,248

12%

WA

2,712,806

20,209

69,923

143,121

207,013

350,134

13%

WI

2,402,103

14,067

49,028

194,516

254,221

448,737

19%

WV

876,879

23,904

50,009

61,503

70,709

132,212

15%

WY

245,771

1,100

4,409

22,724

25,502

48,226

20%

Total U.S.

126,386,926*

1,182,433

6,198,889

12,613,473

16,823,678

29,437,151

23%

*Properties designated as Low or Very Low risk are included in the total property count, but are not listed separately in Table 1. Properties without an address were not included in the analysis.

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